Would you even know how to put this back together? (Source: iFixit) What repairs cost you outside AppleCare+Īpple does publish comparative figures for how much it costs to replace a battery with or without AppleCare+. When it's this more nebulous "other damage," the flat fee is $269. If your problem is with the screen or the casing, then regardless of which Mac you've got, AppleCare+ means you pay a flat fee of $99. The first is for any "screen damage or external enclosure damage," and the second is for the very broad-ranging "other damage." Once you've paid this AppleCare+ fee, then for the three years that are covered you need only think of two different possible repair costs. Plus, whether you buy it 60 or more days after your Mac or not, AppleCare+ is effective from the date you got the Mac. That can mean taking it to an Apple Store to be inspected, or at least running diagnostics that online Apple Store staff tell you to. If you don't buy at time of purchase, though, you've got to have Apple approve that the Mac is still in as-new condition. Officially, you have up to 60 days after purchase to add on AppleCare+ but Apple has extended this period at least temporarily, because of the coronavirus. Just as with the iPhone, though, you can still buy AppleCare+ after you've bought your Mac. Apple doesn't typically quote repair costs without AppleCare+.
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AppleCare+ for Mac is for three years from date of hardware purchase, not two.The differences between AppleCare+ for Mac and iPhone So it's a question of assessing the likelihood, and balancing that against the costs of fixing damage if you do or don't have AppleCare+.Įxcept there are several key differences between AppleCare+ for the Mac and for the iPhone, which makes it tricker to calculate whether it's worth buying or not. In practice, everyone is going to be somewhere in the range between these, and no one is able to say for certain whether their Mac will or won't be damaged. On the other, if you keep taking your MacBook Pro outside and dropping it on carpark concrete, you know what to do. On the one hand, if your Mac is a desktop one that never leaves a high-security office which happens to be manned by IT experts, your need for AppleCare+ is slim. Just as it is with the iPhone, your choice over whether to buy AppleCare+ or not depends on you and what you need. Once you understand just what AppleCare+ actually offers, and what it costs, then in principle the decision is straightforward. AppleCare+ does add between $99 and $379 to the cost of a Mac
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